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| India-Pakistan |
| Govt to negotiate peace in Swat |
| 2008-04-09 |
| The NWFP cabinet on Tuesday formed a committee to negotiate peace with militants, a move which has been hailed by the Taliban The committee, which was formed during the cabinet’s inaugural meeting, will persuade various religious organisations engaged in militancy in the province - especially in the Malakand Division - to reach a cease-fire. “The committee will consist of ministers from the Malakand Division. Provincial ministers Bashir Ahmed Bilour from the Awami National Party (ANP) and Rahim Dad Khan from the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) will also be a part of it,” NWFP Information Minister Sardar Hussain Babak told reporters after the cabinet meeting. Babak said law and order was the coalition government’s priority, adding that the committee would design a strategy within two weeks to initiate dialogue with the militants. The minister said a delegation led by the provincial secretary for food had left for Punjab in order to discuss the flour issue with authorities concerned to overcome its shortage in the NWFP, adding that the government was forming a comprehensive plan to end the price hike. He said erstwhile governments did a great injustice by ignoring thousands of deserving people and by appointing blued eyed people to various posts in the Education Department. “Previous rulers violated the merit policy and recruited their own people instead of improving the literacy rate of the province,” he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |